Way back in December of 2006, I launched New Book Day as kind of a lark. I never thought about the future of the comic or what I was going to do with it, it was just something to do and have fun with. In the years since, Diego, Trevor and the rest of the gang have become very special to me. Many times I thought I had decided to give up the comic and stopped updating, only to return a few months later because I missed the characters and wondered what was going to happen next.
The result has been an unreliable update schedule and the feeling that I never really gave the strip a chance to live and be a success. The comic has never had a large readership outside of my sister (my wife doesn’t even read it) and that has bothered me. But how could I be upset when I only updated once a week at best and wasn’t willing to devote the time needed to the comic?
Well, that is today’s big announcement; starting August 1st New Book Day is back with three times a week updates. I will be posting new comics Monday, Wednesday and Friday as well as blog posts on Tuesdays and Thursdays (and other days as well). Five days a week of new material for you to enjoy.
After much thought, I really felt I needed to give New Book Day a chance to succeed or fail on its own terms. That way if I still have no readers after a year, I can’t say it’s because I didn’t try. I really hope you will join me on this adventure and really think you’ll enjoy yourself. Diego and crew are in for all kinds of fun and I think you’re going to have a blast.
